[ 'rʌɪtʃəs ]
■ adjective
1》 morally right or justifiable.
2》 US informal very good; excellent.
↘correctly so called; genuine: he is ~ trash.
Derivatives
~ly adverb
~ness noun
Origin
OE rihtwīs , from riht 'right' + wīs 'manner, state, condition'; the change in the ending was by assoc. with words such as bounteous .